./fs/ext3/namei.c |   11 +++++------
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.4.20/./fs/ext3/namei.c~ext3-use-after-free	2003-04-08 23:35:51.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.4.20-braam/./fs/ext3/namei.c	2003-04-08 23:35:51.000000000 -0600
@@ -1521,8 +1521,11 @@ static int ext3_add_nondir(handle_t *han
 {
 	int err = ext3_add_entry(handle, dentry, inode);
 	if (!err) {
-		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
-		return 0;
+		err = ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
+		if (err == 0) {
+			d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+			return 0;
+		}
 	}
 	ext3_dec_count(handle, inode);
 	iput(inode);
@@ -1559,7 +1562,6 @@ static int ext3_create (struct inode * d
 		inode->i_fop = &ext3_file_operations;
 		inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &ext3_aops;
 		err = ext3_add_nondir(handle, dentry, inode);
-		ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 	}
 	ext3_journal_stop(handle, dir);
 	return err;
@@ -1586,7 +1588,6 @@ static int ext3_mknod (struct inode * di
 	if (!IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		init_special_inode(inode, mode, rdev);
 		err = ext3_add_nondir(handle, dentry, inode);
-		ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 	}
 	ext3_journal_stop(handle, dir);
 	return err;
@@ -2035,7 +2036,6 @@ static int ext3_symlink (struct inode * 
 	}
 	EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_size;
 	err = ext3_add_nondir(handle, dentry, inode);
-	ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 out_stop:
 	ext3_journal_stop(handle, dir);
 	return err;
@@ -2069,7 +2069,6 @@ static int ext3_link (struct dentry * ol
 	atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
 
 	err = ext3_add_nondir(handle, dentry, inode);
-	ext3_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 	ext3_journal_stop(handle, dir);
 	return err;
 }

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